A bill to require pornography sites to verify one’s age as a way to prevent minors from accessing their material passes in House Civil Law. Bill author, Metairie Representative, and licensed Sex Therapist Laurie Schlegel says children’s exposure to pornography is a growing concern.
The bill now heads to the House floor.
Tuition at public universities on average has increased about 200 percent since the 80s. But a new study from Tulane University and co-authored by assistant economic professor Emily Cook, says while high and upper-middle-income families are taking a hit, more financial aid is finding its way to low and middle-income students.
Cut 9 (10) “…certain income groups.”
The House Appropriations Committee approved a spending plan today for the next fiscal year that contains 15-hundred dollar pay raises for teachers, but Chairman Jerome Zeringue of Houma says the proposed budget does not contain a 100-dollar increase in supplemental pay for local police and firefighters, despite a recommendation from the governor. Zeringue says Louisiana is the only state to provide a salary supplement for local police and firefighters…
A bill to raise the compensation rate for school bus drivers will be heard in Senate Finance this afternoon. Bill author Covington Senator Patrick McMath says driver pay rates haven’t changed since the 80s and we owe it to them and the children they transport, so they can properly maintain their vehicles.
McMath says drivers are leaving as a result.